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The dispersion of3He quasiparticles in He II from neutron scattering

The dispersion of3He quasiparticles in He II from neutron scattering In an inelastic neutron scattering (INS) experiment on3He-4He mixtures one observes, besides the photon-roton mode which is barely modified by the admixture of3He, an additional excitation at lower energies which is interpreted as quasi-particle-hole excitations of a nearly free Fermi gas. We reanalyse INS data ofx 3=1% and 4.5% mixtures at various pressures to extract the mean energy $$\hat \omega _q $$ of the fermions. In the momentum range 9<q<17 nm−1 (above 2k F ) $$\hat \omega _q $$ follows very closely the relation $$\hat \omega _q $$ =A 2 q 2+A 4 q 4 at all concentrations, pressures and temperatures observed. In a 4.5% mixture (T F ≈0.3 K), measurements were performed for temperatures in the range 0.07<T<0.9 K. We find bothA 2 andA 4 to be strongly temperature dependent. For the interpretation of thermodynamical properties, the single particle energy ε k is parametrized as ε k =εo+1/(2ms*) ·k 2 · (1+γk 2). Neglecting interactions between fermions, we calculate from the free-particle ε k the scattering functionS(q, ω) and the mean value of the fermion peak energy ω q =∫ ωS 3(q, ω)dω/∫S 3(q, ω)dω. We find that $$\hat \omega _q $$ follows closely ε q , deviating at most by 10%. A comparison to the measuredA 2 andA 4 directly yieldsms* (x 3,p, T) and γ(x 3,p, T). In the limitx 3=0,p=0 andT=0, the density and concentration dependence of the inertial mass is in excellent agreement with values found by Sherlock and Edwards. The temperature dependence of the specific heat data from Greywall and Owers-Bradleyet al. are well represented by our model atT<0,5 K. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Low Temperature Physics Springer Journals

The dispersion of3He quasiparticles in He II from neutron scattering

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Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials
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0022-2291
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10.1007/BF00682281
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In an inelastic neutron scattering (INS) experiment on3He-4He mixtures one observes, besides the photon-roton mode which is barely modified by the admixture of3He, an additional excitation at lower energies which is interpreted as quasi-particle-hole excitations of a nearly free Fermi gas. We reanalyse INS data ofx 3=1% and 4.5% mixtures at various pressures to extract the mean energy $$\hat \omega _q $$ of the fermions. In the momentum range 9<q<17 nm−1 (above 2k F ) $$\hat \omega _q $$ follows very closely the relation $$\hat \omega _q $$ =A 2 q 2+A 4 q 4 at all concentrations, pressures and temperatures observed. In a 4.5% mixture (T F ≈0.3 K), measurements were performed for temperatures in the range 0.07<T<0.9 K. We find bothA 2 andA 4 to be strongly temperature dependent. For the interpretation of thermodynamical properties, the single particle energy ε k is parametrized as ε k =εo+1/(2ms*) ·k 2 · (1+γk 2). Neglecting interactions between fermions, we calculate from the free-particle ε k the scattering functionS(q, ω) and the mean value of the fermion peak energy ω q =∫ ωS 3(q, ω)dω/∫S 3(q, ω)dω. We find that $$\hat \omega _q $$ follows closely ε q , deviating at most by 10%. A comparison to the measuredA 2 andA 4 directly yieldsms* (x 3,p, T) and γ(x 3,p, T). In the limitx 3=0,p=0 andT=0, the density and concentration dependence of the inertial mass is in excellent agreement with values found by Sherlock and Edwards. The temperature dependence of the specific heat data from Greywall and Owers-Bradleyet al. are well represented by our model atT<0,5 K.

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Published: Nov 6, 2004

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